New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-07
,,p,v,1nrs FEAT EXPLAINED.
:, cu,SERY PLANS FOR THE NEW SHIPS
HAO .. coprrs OF A ENGLISH PLAS-No CHANGE

,.cuyNERY PLANS FOX me NE" 0nAA"
--..,,sr COPIES OF A FNdLIsH PLAN-So onAN"N
oh' IN MACHINERY FOR aUNBoATs
...,xoros, June (Speeiab. -Cons'ao'aole su.p.so
a.. been excited BY the recent "oamr,sho
has rat chief Engineer Melville had accompnsno
men. % preparing tho designs, plans ana oe'aneo
tho ,. .or tho machinery OF tho Newark INC WV
o-e c,,,isers and two 17Ooton gunpoa's an III 'no
W. s,aco Of two weeks, ana aiicr inc nu
sno'. . engineering In tho Navy Department hao
~ its Inability to do tho WORK IN 'na. p. ,nns
cia" .~ucrt conveyed tho impression that the pia,s
Tne ,ngs were from new designs Probably inc
anu I'll, bo considerably modified when the ia''
s urp rrown that tho designs plans ana drawings
'.,o machinery OF tho cruisers, "e ~,
iol ara exact copies OF tho EiHAsh "s'si w
49, which were purchased ana au'p'ea ~.
pans n,,,more which is now In course Oh cohsuu0
cruiser ba." ..o designs, plans and drawings OF
uo"' "ns - Cor tho new gunboats arc also ChhcSc
tho h'a' - according to which tho cramps arc
coi, " 81, machinery for the gunpoas "hion .n,'
- 90 buiId when they get the ua.o ~ 49,, 10
az " M easy task to make copies Vi III 'nv ins
AZ "", a. reriod mentioned, and Engineer Me,Nno
In tho sloi' 30 credit for tho energy with which he
Is en'i.e a.. work under his direction Tho lac1
pros ,u,ove, that tho plans are copies, al"
'.1 only Of those In tho possession OF the rnh"u
contractors for "Gunboat NO. i anu oiu
Pr an Tho design for the machinery iof ~, -
Nv .. &c known as "No. %" and was purchasoo I'D
30 horse-power, although tho contract LOT tno
1OoVv ,n rcauirs only 5000 horse power uulliie
Biito ~. four consecutive hours for VI
leroo 1ro Of tho new cruisers must show speu NJ
tra, nor hour and it Is estimated that tncy WI.
~ hn' n.rdyded the engines develop tho hosepo"ei
90 sVpaS"i05OO IL is stated that no engines eA
men men, Se the ones adopted for the BALTIMORE oio
acty and the two 10 knot cruisers have ever peci
Ncw'H ond therefore that they must DO Ngaiu,u
p ue in the light Of an experiment. u ,he
mIon q, some engineers that the machinsIy VII &c o
elt zoo lrht 10 force 1000 ton cruisers through ,o
Iou . W. p sueed of 10 knots per hour In other
arIs that tho experience of the Navy Deiamem.
wU h tho 1oknot cruisers may be as unsatlslae,orS
W. that Of tho British Admiralty with TWO OF ,ldro
~ . vesseIs in which the high power engines "ele
Snd NOT 10 be strong enough to do the WoIts r.
tv.a nj them II tho English design anopteo loI
no baltimore and three other cruisers sha turn V 3
.1t 70 no n success 1t would be unforunato ior
everybody concerned .. On ooo r,ounds NJ
~, mates for the cruiser Charlie ston. which IL 10 DC
Sm a. san francisco. have been shipped py tne Es,
quiz nannfacurers The other material Is to be manu-
orturei in California. and reports indcae thas .,e %
ractnrers are meeting with fair success IN tns wex
The contractors have applied for the payment OF tne h'
tnstament under the contract. amounting ess tne re-
o 10 per cent SOL 800 1t Is understoon ,ns'
saeratarv whitney has not yet acted on the nppncaup
Information has reached the Navy Department 20 ne
effect that the Chicago will he ready Tor tai neA'
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